Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy
Italy: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 1.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy, 1977–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.2% on the previous year and down 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy peaked at 4.9% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1989.
That places Italy 95th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4.9% | — |
| 1978 | 4.3% | -12.2% |
| 1979 | 4.2% | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 2.8% | -33.3% |
| 1981 | 2.2% | -21.4% |
| 1982 | 1.5% | -31.8% |
| 1983 | 2.0% | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 2.7% | +22.7% |
| 1987 | 3.2% | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | -78.1% |
| 1991 | 1.8% | +157.1% |
| 1993 | 4.5% | +150.0% |
| 1995 | 4.2% | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 3.6% | -16.3% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -25.8% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +31.8% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +21.8% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | +18.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 72% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +157.1% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| 1993 | +150.0% | 1.8% | 4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 3 |
| 1980s | 2.2% | 0.7% | 3.2% | 8 |
| 1990s | 3.7% | 1.8% | 4.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.8% | 3.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.8% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.99 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Italy was 1.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 1977.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1989.
- How does Italy rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Italy ranks 95th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.